PREDICTORS OF SEVERE SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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The aim of the study was to assess the nature of lesions and to identify risk factors of lesions in our group of patients with SLE. A retrospective review of charts and case histories in the Internal Medicine Department of the SamMU’s clinic was carried out on a group of 75 patients with SLE. 225 people were included in this study: 75 in the main group (cases) and 150 in the control group (healthy controls). The results show that the presence of neuropsychiatric manifestations is a significant risk factor for lesions. Other likely risk factors for lesions include younger age at diagnosis, more major organ damage, more exacerbations and serious infections.

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10.37547/supsci-ojmp-03-02-06

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